multiple, independent checks on the validity of regime assignment. Using retrospective marriage data from rural Bangladesh, we …

For an economy with altruistic parents facing productivity shocks, the optimal estate taxation is progressive …: fortunate parents should face lower net returns on their inheritances. This progressivity reflects optimal mean reversion in …

For an economy with altruistic parents facing productivity shocks, the optimal estate taxation is progressive …: fortunate parents should face lower net returns on their inheritances. This progressivity reflects optimal mean reversion in …

For an economy with altruistic parents facing productivity shocks, the optimal estate taxation is progressive …: fortunate parents should face lower net returns on their inheritances. This progressivity reflects optimal mean reversion in …

The institution of consanguineous marriage-a marriage contracted between close biological relatives-has been a basic … and a groom. When marriage contracts are incomplete, dowries transfer control rights to the party with the highest … incentives to invest in a marriage. When these transactions are costly however, consanguinity can be a more appropriate response …

developing world. In a model of incomplete marriage markets, dowries are viewed as ex ante transfers made from the bride's family … dowries and higher bequests in consanguineous unions. An empirical analysis based on data from Bangladesh delivers results …